Index_A

A

absolute path

shell commands, 215

accessibility, desktop configuration, 76

accounts

modifying

root account and, 270, 271

users

creating, 32

ACK flag, TCP packets, 452

addresses

e-mail

Perl, 555, 556

administrative commands

shell, 222, 223, 224

administrator, 250

alerts

security, 480

Bugtraq mailing list, 481

CERT, 481

Red Hat errata Web site, 481

aliases

/etc/aliases and, 487

command line syntax, 231, 232

hosts

/etc/hosts and, 489

Anaconda, 8

analog modems, 91, 94

anonymous FTP

configuration, 364, 366

anonymous read access, FTP server, 365

anonymous write access, FTP client

testing, 367, 368

anonymous write access, FTP server, 366, 367

Apache Web server

certificates

commercial, 358, 359

configuration, 349, 351

configuration files, 347

development, 345

documentation, 345

DSOs (dynamic shared objects), 347

flexibility, 345

initial startup, 347, 348, 349

installation, 345, 347

OpenSSL software

mod_ssl package installation, 354

performance, 345

scalability, 345

security, 345

setup, 344, 345, 347, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353

OpenSSL and, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360

site setup, 351, 352

startup

SSL and, 359, 360

testing, 349

application-specific log files, 496

application task bars, 39

applications

building, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319

development

C/C++, 596, 597

e-mail, 389

graphics, 159

Eye of Gnome, 160

GIMP, 159, 160

GTKam, 162

OpenDraw, 161

PDF Viewer, 161

TVTime, 162

Internet, 138

main menu and, 43

multimedia, 151

audio, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158

office applications, 122

installation, 123, 124, 125

OpenOffice suite, 123

OpenOffice suite, starting application, 126

panel shortcuts, 45, 46

preferred

desktop configuration and, 78

printing from, configuration, 374

Python

developing, 598

source code

building from, 515, 516, 517, 518

sysadmin, 590, 591

system applications

emulators, 166, 167

file compression/archiving, 164, 165

file management, 163, 164

text editor, 163

System Logs, 496

window layout, 127

APT

Yum comparison, 334

APT (Advance Package Management Tool), 329, 330, 332

archives, 499. See also backups

candidates for, 508

definition, 499

Perl, 568

tar application, 499

archiving

compression

dump, 512

cpio and, 509

creating archives, 509

restoring archives, 510, 511

selective archiving, 510

dump and, 511

archive creation, 511, 512

incremental backups, 512

restoring archives, 512, 513

files

File Roller, 164, 165

overview, 507

storage, 508

arguments

command line

Perl, 560, 561

arrays, 548

associative, 570

associative arrays, 570

atime attribute, 179

attributes

files, 170

time, 179, 180, 181

audio applications, 152

CD burning, 156, 157, 158

CD play, 152, 153

CD ripping, 156, 157, 158

multimedia file play, 153, 154, 155, 156

authentication

FTP server

system accounts and, 368

auto-completion, 227, 228

automatic installation, 26, 28